1997 FORD F-350 Complaints

TIRE BLEW OUT. AMBIENT TEMERATURES WERE HOT. TIRES HAD LIKE NEW RUBBER ON ALL WHEELS. I REPLACED ALL TIRES ON TRUCK. THIS WAS BEFORE THE RECALL ON THE EXPLORERS AND THE TIRES WERE NOT THE SAME TYPES AS THE CURRENT RECALL. BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD GOOD LUCK WITH FIRESTONE TIRES. (I HAD THE NATIONAL 500'S THAT WERE RECALLED YEARS AGO) I WAS TOWING MY 16,500# TRAILER WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND DID NOT WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE.( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: UNKNOWN )

WHEN USING TURN SIGNALS, EITHER TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, THE DIRECTIONAL SWITCH SHUTS OFF IF THE WHEEL IS TURNED JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I'M TURNING TO THE RIGHT TO GO DOWN MY STREET AND PUT THE RIGHT DIRECTIONAL ON (AHEAD OF TIME TO LET OTHERS KNOW I'M TURNING) THEY SHUT OFF BECAUSE MY STREET IS IN A BEND IN THE ROAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ALOT SINCE I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BECAUSE THE BLINKER SHUT OFF AND I DID NOT KNOW IT AND I WAS JUST SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED THE FORD DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A "SAFETY FEATURE" AND SAID THAT ALL FORDS WERE LIKE THIS. I FOR ONE HAVE TO DISAGREE ON THIS "SAFETY FEATURE". THE STEERING WHEEL ONLY NEEDS TO BE TURNED NOT EVEN AN INCH IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.*AK

TRAVELING AT 50 MPH THE TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP AND THE TRUCK SKIDDED OFF THE ROAD. DAMAGE TO FRONT END,ENGINE,TRANSMISSION. TRANSFER CASE REPLACED. FOUGHT TO GET TRANSMISSION REPLACED AS WELL. STILL FIGHTING TO GET FRONT END AND ENGINE DAMAGE REPAIRED. HAVE CONTACTED ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MAINE. HAS CONTACTED REPAIRING DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS SELLING DEALERSHIP. SHOULD HAVE SOME RESULTS SOON. WOULD ADVISE ALL CONSUMERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF DEALERSHIPS NOT STANDING BY THIER REPAIRS TO CONTACT ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THIER STATE FOR ASSISTANCE.

THE WHOLE BODY OF THE TRUCK IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT THE HOOD IS RAISED ON ONE SIDE AND FITS FLUSH ON THE OTHER THE GAP AT THE FENDERS IS NORMAL ON ONE SIDE AND WIDE ON THE OTHER THE DASH INSIDE THE VEHICLE IS OFF-CENTER THE DOORS HAVE GAPS ON THE OUTSIDE I CAN STICK MY INDEX FINGER IN AND I PUT ALL MY FINGERS INSIDE BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRAME WITH IT CLOSED THE BED OF THE TRUCK LOOKS HIGHER ON ONE SIDE THAN ON THE OTHER IF I PUT ON MY CAMPER TOP IT RIDES HIGH ON ONE SIDE AND DRAGS ON THE OTHER IT IS LIKE THE WHOLE TRUCK BODY DOESN'T FIT AND SITS CROOKED ON THE FRAME I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS FROM THE BEGINING AND I FEEL AS THOUGH I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RUN AROUND I HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED IF THE TRUCK WAS WRECKED AND WAS TOLD NO! NOW I AM TIRED OF THE EXCUSES AND AM READY NTO FIGHT TO GET SOMETHING DONE SO POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION *AK

THE COLLAPSABLE UPPER STEERING COLUMN IS VERY WORN AND SLOPPY AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD THAT COULD LEAD TO POSSIBLE LOSS OF STEERING. THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PART AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. SINCE THERE IS NO NEW PART NO. FOR THIS PART, I FEEL IT WILL ONLY GO OUT AGAIN IN ANOTHER 60,000 MI. THIS PART SHOULD BE ADRESSED AND A NEW RECALL PART SHOULD BE ASSIGNED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH BRAKE LIGHT STARTED TO FLICKER ON/OFF. CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN BY PRESSING BRAKES, BUT AUTOMOBILE WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP. CONSUMER HAD TO USE BOTH FEET TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN. EFFECT OF THIS WAS THAT CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP W/O WARNING, AND WAS PRONE TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK

LOSS OF VACUUM PUMP ON FORD F350 CREW CAB CAPEABLE OF TOWING 20000 LBS RESULTS IN MECHANICAL BRAKING IMMEDIATELY. I WAS LUCKY, I WAS ONLY DOING 35MPH WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED. FOR MORE INFO ON FAILURES GO TO HTTP://WWW.FORD-DIESEL.COM AND SEARCH VACUUM PUMP FAILURE *AK